Evolution of the extraglottic airway: A review of its history, applications, and practical tips for success

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 349-368

  Hernandez, Michael R ^a   Klock Jr , P Allan ^a   Ovassapian, Adranik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVICES; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FACE MASK; FIBER OPTICS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNX; LUNG ASPIRATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORBIDITY; OBSTETRICS; OPERATING ROOM; OXYGENATION; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUPINE POSITION; THYROID SURGERY;

ANESTHESIA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MASKS; PATIENT SELECTION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84856212837     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31823b6748     Document Type: Review

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